American Bar Association Medal

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The American Bar Association Medal (or ABA Medal) is the highest award given by the American Bar Association for "exceptionally distinguished service by a lawyer or lawyers to the cause of American jurisprudence."[1] The ABA Board of Governors chooses the medal’s recipient. The medal was authorized at the 50th anniversary meeting of the ABA in 1928.[2] The first medal was given in 1929 and it has been given most, but not all, years since.

The medal itself was designed by Laura Gardin Fraser.[3] It is four inches in diameter, made of 24K gold, later reduced to 14K gold. On the obverse is a profile of John Marshall with the inscription "To the end it may be a government of laws and not of men," from the Constitution of Massachusetts. On the reverse is "Justitia" with an likeness of Lady Justice. [2]

List of recipients

Source: "Recipients of the American Bar Association Medal" at the American Bar Association website

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